10 Rock Music Bands Who Had Huge Potential (And Wasted It)

Forming just three years before The Darkness, The Libertines proved there was still life in the UK indie rock scene as Britpop was winding down.

With the charismatic (and often erratic) Pete Doherty leading the charge, the group released Up the Bracket in 2002 and then a self-titled second album in 2004, both of which went platinum. Doherty became a megastar, enjoying a high-publicised relationship with supermodel Kate Moss.

Hit albums, screaming fans, a model girlfriend. This is every rockstar's dream! But come on, you know full well that things like this never last.

Doherty's extracurricular activities, which often included crack cocaine, regularly overshadowed the band's musical output. His tumultuous partnership with guitarist Carl Barât didn't help things either, and by 2004, The Libertines were no more.

They enjoyed a good stint at the top, and even made a comeback in 2015 with a number one album, but had there been less going on behind the scenes, then there is ever chance The Libertines could have been one of the defining groups of the era.

Well, some would say they did define it, just not in the way they would have wanted.